whelky

adj — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From whelk + -y.

Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances.

whelky pearles1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Resembling a whelk (the sea snail)

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